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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Turner Fisheries

Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of dining with my friend Michelle at Turner Fisheries in The Westin Copley Place Hotel. We had a chance to catch up over holiday martinis and seafood entrees inside the tastefully designed space with striking seven foot French-cafe windows overlooking the falling snow in Copley Square. (It was just a light dusting last Wednesday, nothing like the 2 foot dump we are currently experiencing as I type this post.) The Turner Fisheries website and menu boasts a small paragraph explaining that they use only fresh sustainable seafood from ethical and eco-friendly sources and are dedicated to supporting sustainable fishing practices that avoid over-fishing and environmentally destructive methods. {via} It is a positive focus and I applaud their commitment to the environment. Michelle and I talked up a storm (aka took for-ev-er to order), but we were content to sip our martinis and snack on a bread basket. Out waiter patient and understanding throughout our lengthy drawn out meal. We never once felt rushed, even when we were the very last table in the restaurant. We shut down the place, where the heck did the night go?!

It went to martinis, for starters. Feeling festive, I sipped a Poinsettia ($14) made with Stoli Cranberry, Prosecco, Cranberry Juice. On our waiters recommend we ordered the Seared Diver Scallops ($15) which were plump and meaty and came alongside a sweet butternut ragout with hearty dashes of white beans and tomato. Following on that high note, my entree of the Seared Ahi Tuna ($34)was excellent. Artfully stacked cubes of the freshest quality sushi grade tuna with an orange sesame crust sat atop an edamame succotash with a ponzu glaze. The soy sauce based glaze with bright citrus flavors and hints of sweetness complimented the clean fish and tender edamame, corn and peppers in the succotash. After dinner, another round of martinis were in order. The Harvest Martini ($14) Stoli Vanilla, Apple Pucker, Butterscotch Schnapps, Apple Juice was sticky sweet, definitely made sense to order it as dessert! For our actual dessert we decided to split the Grand Marnier and Cranberry Creme Brulee ($7) which was everything you'd expect this standard dessert dish to be, with a sharp crackle of burnt caramel exposing a sweet creamy custard.

I am glad Michelle suggested dinner here, it was great to catch up over a lovely meal!

Nice! We had our office holiday party at Turner Fisheries and everyone loved it. I'm putting it on my list of favorite seafood restaurants now. Plus I love the location - so close to all the shopping! ;)